Charles francis



Oct. 19 1926.

c, FRANCIS WASHBASIN Filed April 29, 1925 mm M M ATTORNEYS Patented Oct.19, 1926.

CHARLES FRANCIS, F WINNIPEG, .IVIAIQ'ITOBA, CANADA.

WASHBASIN.

Application filed April 29, 1925. Serial No. 26,753.

' wash basins and it consists in the combinations, constructions andarrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of the invention is the provi sion of a wash basin havingmeans for preventing splashing of the contents therefrom, even thoughthe basin be rocked from side to side or be subjected to shocks and jarsas when the basin is suppo ted on a railway car, or other movingsupport.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a wash basin ofthe character described which is adapted to prevent splashing of thecontents therefrom without interfering with the use or cleaning of thebasing in the usual manner.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from thefollowing description, considered in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a plan view showing a basin embodying the invention in placeon a support.

Figure 2 is a relatively enlarged fragmentary vertical section through aportion of the structure exhibited in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, showing a modified form of basinembodying the same invention.

In carrying out the invention in the form exhibited in Figures 1 and 2,I provide a basin having a body 1 which is bowl-shaped as is usual andwhich may have any desirable conflguration in cross sectional contour.The body 1 may be set in an opening 2 in a suitable support 3, which maybe the top of a stand or any other suitable supporting structure. Thebody 1 may have the usual drain outlet in its bottom as at 4. Means forsupplying water to the basin of course will be associated with the body1 and may comprise the faucets 5 which are shown in Figure 1 as beingcarried by the support 3 and as having the discharge members thereofoverhanging the body 1. However, any suitable known arrangement of meansfor supplying water to the body 1 may be provided without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention.

It is desirable that the contents of the body 1 shall be prevented fromsplashing out over the rim of the body, either into an. adjacent basinwhen a plurality of the basins are arranged in a row adjacent tonneether is the practice in railway man cars and in like places, or toprevent the splash from the basin falling onto the support for thebasin, the clothing of the user of the basin or onto any other objectsand articles which may be adjacent to the basin. The invention thereforeprovides a guard at the rim of the body 1 for deflecting back into thebody 1 the splash that otherwise would pass out of the body 1 over therim of the basin. This anti-splash guard may have the form of a flangeformed integrally with the body 1 as shown in Figures 1 and 2 andextending upwardly and inwardly from its juncture with the body 1 as at6, then curved inwardly and downwardly as at 7 and finally extendingdownward and slightly inward at 8 and terminating at its edge in a bead9 through which a reinforcing wire 10 extends. With this arrangement,the edge of the anti-splashing flange terminates below the level of therim of the body 1 and is spaced from the inner wall of the body 1 sothat an annular compartment as at 11 is provided at the rim of the body1, this annular compartment being open only at its bottom and beingadapted to catch and to deflect downwardly water and matter carriedthereby which otherwise would splash out of the body 1 over its rim.

The edge of the anti-splash flange is spaced from the inner wall of thebody 1 a distance suflicient to permit the inner wall of the compartment11 to be cleaned conveniently and thoroughly. The bead 9 eX- tendslaterally of the flange only at the side of the latter which is nearestto the center of the body 1,the face of the flange which is next to theside wall of the body 1 being continuously smooth.

In the form of the device partially exhibited in Figure 3, the body ofthe basin is designated at 12 and may be the body of a wash basin ofordinary construction, the rim edge of this body 12 terminating flushwith the upper wall of a support 13 having an opening 14: in which thebody 12 fits. The anti-splash member or guard of the modified form ofthe device is formed separately from the body 12 and comprises anattaching portion 15 which overlies the edge 12 and the adjacent portionof the upper face of the support 13 and is secured to the latter byfastening devices, such. as the screw indicated at 16. The flange of theantisplash guard of the *difled form of device extends inwardly i??? iithe rim of the body 12, as at 17, then curves inwardly and downwardly at18, and then downward and slightly inward, as at 19, and terminates atits edge in a bead 20 through which a reinforcing wire 21 extends.

The operation of the modified form of the device is identical inessential respects with the operation of the form of the deviceexhibited in Figures 1 and 2.

Obviously the invention is susceptible of embodiment in forms other thanthose which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and I thereforeconsider as my own all such modifications and adaptations thereof asfairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

The arrows in Figures 2 and 3 show the action of the water in the basin.

Vhat I claim is:

1. A wash water receptacle having a bowlshape'd body, and an anti-splashflange at the rim of the body; said flange terminating at its edge belowthe plane of the rim of the body and in spaced relation to the innerwall of said body, said flange having the edge portion thereof enlargedinwardly or toward the center of the receptacle and a reinforcing memberextending in said enlarged edge portion of the flange.

2. A wash water receptacle having a bowlshaped body, and an anti-splashflange extending inwardly from the rim of the body, then downwardly andii'lwardly and l'inally downward and slightly inward, the flangeterminating at its edge below the level of the rim of the body and inspaced relation to the inner wall of the body, the edge portion of theflange being formed to produce a head which extends laterally of theflange only at the side of the latter which is nearest to the center ofthe body of the receptacle, the face of the flange which isnearest tothe side wall of the receptacle being continuously smooth throughout itsarea.

CHARLES FRANCIS.

